I just checked out the BCCT site and a school board can apply for a ketter of permission for a person who does not have a teaching certificate. They can only do this if they cannot find someone who does have a certificate.

Sorry OP- that was totally off-topic. Hopefully, you have found a way to teach up north. Best of luck to you.

Thanks for clarifying. This was actually the Surrey school district so nothing rural at all, perhaps there was a shortage that year. I teach adult ESL, not elementary, so I had no idea what the actual process was.